Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

Bible References

I pluck

2 Kings 17:20
So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and [repeatedly] afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Jeremiah 12:17
But if [any nation] will not listen and obey, I will [completely] uproot and destroy that nation, says the Lord.”
Jeremiah 18:7
At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;
Jeremiah 31:28
It will be that as I have watched over them to uproot and to break down, to overthrow, destroy, and afflict with disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant [with good],” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 45:4
Say this to him, ‘The Lord speaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.”
Jude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

A proverb

Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Nehemiah 4:1
But when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious, completely enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews.
Psalm 44:14

You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the people.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Lamentations 2:15

All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”

General references

Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters.
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’
Ezekiel 20:48
All flesh will see that I the Lord have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”’”
Matthew 23:38
Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!